A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. -Alexander Pope

 

A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.


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This quote is just one of 41 total Alexander Pope quotes in our collection. Alexander Pope is known for saying 'A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

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It is with our judgments as with our watches; no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.

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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. -Alexander Pope
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

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